Batman #443 [Direct]
(January 1990)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-11-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Includes a 16 page insert
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Val Semeiks (signed as Semeiks)
Inks
Michael Bair (signed as Bair)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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The Coming of Crimesmith (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks
Mike DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
G-5269
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Tim Drake; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Lucius Fox; Crimesmith (villain, introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #444.

Lightning Racers (Table of Contents: 2)

Lightning Racers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Cover of 16 page insert

Lightning Racers (Table of Contents: 3)

Lightning Racers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bat-Signals / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
KC Carlson (signed); Denny O'Neil (signed) (From the Den column)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L5269
Feature Logo
Bat-Signals [without Batman]

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark Billian, Elvis Orten, Melissa Page, John L. Egnew, Alex Clarkson, Jim Broadhurst, Eric Wesselak, Kele Lampe, and Glenn L. Greenberg. From the Den column.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. The Coming of Crimesmith
    Batman
  3. 2. Lightning Racers
    Lightning Racers
  4. 3. Lightning Racers
    Lightning Racers
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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